Chapter 105 Houhu Yellow Book

Three days later, Zhengdong was in a hurry.

Zhang Xuan wanted to transfer the team back from Yangzhou first, although in a hurry. But there are not many things for Zhang Xuan to do by himself.

Zhang Xuan only needs to give an order.

However, there is one thing that Zhang Xuan has to keep in mind, if nothing else, it is the central power in the future.

Liukou is Liukou, regardless of Luo Rucai, he is the king and the king. In fact, there are not many Wenchen teams, and Zhang Zhen alone can support them. But after entering Jiangnan, such a situation is not something that Zhang Zhen can hold up alone.

A genuine central government must be established.

Although for a long time after that, the power of military generals and nobles was above the civilian officials, this is an unchangeable thing. It's just a matter of whether the correct government can gain a firm foothold, but it depends on whether the civilian government can gain a foothold.

And Zhang Xuan sent Luo Yujiao to see Luo Rucai on the second day. The first thing, if nothing else, is to go to Houhu.

What made Zhang Xuan hang in his heart was nothing else, it was the Houhu Yellow Book.

In Zhang Xuan's heart, he felt that this was one of the biggest gains from entering Nanjing.

Houhu Yellow Book Zhang Xuan has been famous for a long time.

The origin of the Yellow Book of Houhu is a long story.

According to the rules and regulations set by Zhu Yuanzhang. The Yellow Book is made once every ten years, and it is divided into four points at a time, which exists in three points of government at all levels, and one point is kept in the household department, and the place where the household department is kept is Houhu. Houhu Lake is Xuanwu Lake. In the small islands above Xuanwu Lake, a warehouse was built, and the small islands in Xuanwu Lake were almost filled.

Moreover, the Houhu Yellow Book Library is heavily guarded, and outsiders are never allowed to enter and exit, only special personnel can enter, and it is generally the supervisors of Nanjing Guozijian who are dispatched by the household department to participate in the sorting out of the yellow book, which is also one of the important tasks of Nanjing Household Department and Nanjing Guozijian.

However, the times have been long, and Huang Juan knows that he has long been lax.

However, the Houhu Yellow Book Library is still the largest archive in the Ming Dynasty. It stores the information of the entire world's household registration and territory. The reason why Xiao He settled Guanzhong was that he obtained all the archives of the Qin Dynasty and inherited the Qin ruling system. Otherwise, it will take a lot of time to rebuild a ruling system.

Although, Zhang Xuan also knew that the Ming Dynasty's ability to rule was not good now. After all, if it's okay, it won't get people from all over the world to rise up, and there will be trouble in the north to the three sides and the south to the two Guangzhous. But Luo Rucai's team may not be able to withstand Daming's set now.

Even if it is not inherited, it will be of great benefit to the nascent government just by referring to it.

How could this not make Zhang Xuan salivate?

Zhang Xuan led people to the side of Xuanwu Lake.

Seeing that Xuanwu Lake was already guarded, and it was Luo Rucai's elite army

, knew that this place was also valued by Luo Rucai, but where Zhang Xuan's identity was placed, naturally no one dared to stop Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan asked, "Who has been here?" ”

"Lord Bing, Zhang Changshi has been here." Said the officer on guard.

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Also, it is impossible for Zhang Zhen not to be able to understand the importance of the Yellow Book Library. I won't fail to check it out. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Call the boat, I want to go in and have a look." ”

Xuanwu Lake is not small in Zhang Xuan's opinion, but there are not many boats in the lake, and without him, it is the rule left by Zhu Yuanzhang's period.

In fact, in the lake, the humid climate is not good for the preservation of documents. But Zhu Yuanzhang is still like this, just to keep it secret, so Xuanwu Lake is also known as the Forbidden Lake, and all the boats in the lake are strictly guarded, so there are not many of them, and there is only one pier. The people were not allowed to enter without permission.

Even this ship is not big, Zhang Xuan took Zheng Lian and his personal guards to the island together, and almost all the ships were requisitioned.

Zhang Xuan looked over from a distance and saw that there were several small islands in the sparkling waves, and on each small island, there were many warehouses. You can barely see the edges at a glance.

An old man said to Zhang Xuan: "The state stipulates that a register is made every ten years, and the household department has built 30 warehouses on the island in advance. But I don't know that adults want to see the household registration for a year? ”

This old man is an old errand officer of the Yellow Book Library in Houhu, and he is very familiar with the Yellow Book Library, and it is precisely because of this that he was sent by the soldiers guarding the lake to be Zhang Xuan's guide.

Zhang Xuan said without hesitation: "This year, don't want other places, first want Nanzhili." ”

Other places are too far away, and Zhang Xuan can't control it. Now Luo Rucai actually rules the area, and it is only Nanzhili.

Under the guidance of the old man, the boat made a few bends and came to a small island, but on this small island, there were several study buildings, each of which was guarded by the iron general. The old man escaped with a long bunch of keys and opened the big lock. Push the door open.

In an instant, smoke and dust were everywhere. It can be seen that no one has been here for a long time.

Zhang Xuan walked in, his feet left a few clear footprints on the ground, and as far as the eye could see, countless bookcases were very high, one by one against the beams, and he had to use a ladder, otherwise he would not be able to reach the books on the top floor, and on each bookcase, there were years and provinces pasted on them. Each layer is also detailed to the prefecture and county.

Zhang Xuan only walked a few steps, only felt that there were several books in front of him, just in this building, I don't know how many volumes, and on this small island, I don't know how many such buildings, such as such an island, in Xuanwu Lake, there are also a lot.

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but say, "How many books are there here?" ”

"Between 1.7 million and 2 million." The old man said: "It's a small estimate, specific

No one counted. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Zheng Lian. ”

Zheng Lian said: "My lord, the lower official is here. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "You will now find out the general books of Yingtian, Changzhou, Suzhou, and Songjiang Mansions for me, from Chongzhen ten years to now, there is no less." ”

"Yes." Zheng Lian said.

Zhang Xuan said to the old officer: "Is there a clean room, I want to use it." ”

Zhang Xuan is not a cleanliness habit. It's that everything here is covered with dust, and no one has come for at least a year or two. Between life and death before, Zhang Xuan didn't care about anything in order to survive, but now that he has an identity and status, he naturally won't be too wronged by himself.

Very few people come to the island, naturally there are no too clean rooms.

However, there were enough people, and several people worked together to draw water from the lake, but after a while, they cleaned up a clean desk for Zhang Xuan.

There are not many such desks, which are for the prisoners of the country. Because the lake is wet, these books must be turned over at regular intervals, otherwise they will be eaten and damp. Therefore, each library has several tables for people to use.

When the desk is well maintained.

Under the guidance of the old officer, Zheng Lian had already found the general books of the various prefectures.

Zhang Xuan opened it and took a look, first looked at it, the latest was the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, it seems that the fifteenth year of Chongzhen is the year of making a book. As for the fifteen years after Chongzhen, there is not.

Fortunately, Zhang Xuan found the books of the Jiangnan generation, and during the Chongzhen period, there was chaos in various places, and the yellow books in many places could not be delivered, such as those in Henan and Shaanxi, after the soldiers, it was a mess, not to mention that some prefectures and counties had fallen into the hands of the Liukou. Where else is there a yellow book to hand in.

Zhang Xuan opened it to take a closer look, first looked at its general outline, looked at it for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong in his heart, looking at the number in front of him was somewhat familiar, and suddenly put the total number of household registrations from the tenth year of Suzhou Chongzhen to the fifteenth year of Chongzhen.

When I saw it, I was furious. He slammed down on the ground and said, "Bastard." ”

Zhang Xuan found out that the total number of account books in Suzhou has hardly changed, almost all of them have changed after thousands, and there has been no change before.

After all, it may have reached a bottleneck. The number hasn't changed much. But Zhang Xuan found that the numbers of Chongzhen's twelfth year and Chongzhen's thirteenth year were actually word-for-word. Not a single digit is bad.

In such a situation, Zhang Xuan categorically refused to believe it. If the number of people in a region is exactly the same within two years, such a miracle in the world is simply foolish.

made Zhang Xuan feel that he was not doing a good job of cheating, and he was insulting his IQ. Even though Zhang Xuan knew that these local officials were not deceiving him, it also made Zhang Xuan feel that he was angry.

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